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(h). Thorax whitish-grey ; anteriorly dark brown. Abdomen 

 grey, mixed with brown on dorsum, tuft of male whitish. Legs 

 fuscous; posterior femora and tibice ochreous-whitish. Fore- 

 wings elongate-oblong, costa slightly arched, apex rectangular, 

 hindmargin straight, not oblique; grey-whitish mixed with 

 dark fuscous scales, which tend to form streaks on veins; an 

 obscure longitudinally elongate brown spot at end of cell; 

 hindmargin clear brown except at anal angle ; cilia narrowly 

 white at bases, then broadly brown-fuscous, then pale fuscous 

 mixed with whitish, at anal angle wholly igrey- whitish. Hind- 

 wings somewhat broader than forewings, hindmargin rounded ; 

 ochreous-fuscous-whitish ; cilia whitish with a grey line at one- 

 third. 



Mount Elliott, near Townsville, Queensland, in September : 

 a series bred by Mr. F. P. Dodd. 

 Type in Coll. Walsingham. 



Plectophila discalis, Wlk. 



(Acontia discalis, Wlk., suppl. 786 ; Pletophila discalis, 

 Meyr., Tr. R.S., S.A., 1890, 55 ; Lichenaula inscripta, Turn.y 

 Annals Queensland Mus., iv., 21, Trans. Roy. Soc, S.A., 1900, 

 p. 9.) 



Lichenaula castanea, n. sp. 



Female, 17 mm. Head white. Palpi long, terminal joint 

 as long as second ; whitish, apical .portion of terminal joint 

 fuscous. Antennae fuscous, basal joint white. Thorax 

 whitish (rubbed). Abdomen reddish-ochreous-fuscous, apices 

 of segments and tuft whitish-grey ; beneath dark fuscous, irro- 

 rated with whitish. Legs whitish. Forewings elongate- 

 oblong, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, hindmargin 

 but little oblique, rounded beneath ; whitish irrorated with 

 reddish-brown and purple-brown scales forming very confused 

 markings; the purple-brown scales predominate along inner 

 margin, the reddish-brown tend to form four suffused nearly 

 equi-distant transverse fasciae. Of these, the last, which is 

 hindmarginal, is the best marked ; cilia white, mixed with 

 bright reddish-brown. Hindwings grey; cilia ochreous- 

 whitish, with a fuscous line at one-third, towards anal angle 

 grey. 



Not very near any other species. 



Birchup, Victoria; one specimen in November. 



Type in Coll. Lyell. 



